Research Groups

To build up foundations of carbon nanotube (CNT) applications with the promising properties, R&Ds of practical techniques for the synthesis, separation, and fabrication processes to produce function-controlled CNTs at low cost are conducted in this group. Searching the killer applications by making prototype devises is also one of our missions

1. Development of separation techniques for controlling the CNT functions.
2. Development of techniques for the mass production of CNTs.
3. Searching the killer applications by making prototype CNT devises.

Our aim is to establish the technology for environment/energy such as uptake of toxic/valuable materials with our core materials, nanoparticles of porous coordination polymers(PCP).

1. R&D for the synthesis of the PCP nanoparticles
2. R&D for the technology for recovery of toxic/valuable materials.
3. R&D for the environmental/energy technology with electrochemical reactions of the nanoparticles.

We use and develop the state of the art electron microscopy to characterize atomic level structures and electronic energy states of nano materials to answer the questions or to provide new insights to the society.

1. Characterization of bonding phenomena and mechanism,
2. Development of characterization methods by means of high performance electron microscopy,
3. Creation of nano space science.